Ryan Amnesty Follows Gang of 8 Playbook -- Amnesty
First, Enforcement Maybe Later, by Chris Chmielenski, 6/15/18 NumbersUSA
The
draft text for House Speaker Paul Ryan's "compromise" bill is out,
and it's as bad as we feared. Speaker Ryan's amnesty plan follows the same
playbook that the Gang of 8 followed, granting an immediate and permanent
amnesty to at least 1.8 million illegal aliens with only promises of future
enforcement.
There
is some hope that the Ryan Amnesty won't pass when it comes to the House floor
next week; Pres. Trump said that he opposed the bill during a live interview
with Fox & Friends this morning.
As
for the proposal itself, the list of flaws is lengthy.
It
doesn't permanently reduce legal immigration for at least 30 years.
It
doesn't include an E-Verify mandate.
It
leaves most chain migration intact, allowing parents of DACA recipients to
receive green cards once DACA recipients become citizens.
It
fails to withhold funding from sanctuary jurisdictions.
It
appropriates $25 billion for border security, but if the money is rescinded by
a future Congress, illegal aliens keep their amnesty.
Earlier
in the year, Pres. Trump announced "4 pillars" that needed to be part
of any deal on DACA: 1) amnesty for approximately 1.8 million DACA-eligible
illegal aliens, 2) end the visa lottery, 3) end chain migration, and 4) secure
the border. Here's how the Ryan Amnesty stacks up to Pres. Trump's pillars:
AMNESTY --
The Ryan Amnesty would grant an immediate and permanent amnesty to at least 1.8
million illegal aliens, allowing them to renew their status every 6 years.
Illegal aliens would receive legal status, work permits, and the freedom to
travel outside the country. Beginning in 2025, illegal aliens would become
eligible for green cards through a special merit-based green card system.
VISA LOTTERY --
The Ryan Amnesty would eliminate the visa lottery, but it wouldn't eliminate
the green cards for at least 30 years, if at all. For the first 5 years, the
55,000 green cards would be stored in "escrow" for the special
merit-based green card system. The lottery green cards would then be
permanently eliminated, unless Congress restarts the lottery over the next 30
years.
CHAIN MIGRATION -- The Ryan Amnesty would eliminate some of the chain
migration green cards, but leave the largest category (parents of U.S.
citizens) in place. Like the lottery green cards, the green cards from the two
eliminated chain migration categories would not be eliminated. The adult
siblings category, capped at 65,000 green cards, would be transferred to the
employment-based green card categories, increasing employment-based green cards
from 140,000 per year to 205,000 per year. The married children of U.S.
citizens category, capped at 23,400 green cards, would shifted to the special
merit-based "escrow".
BORDER SECURITY -- The Ryan Amnesty would appropriate $25 billion for
the border wall and other border security measures, but there's no guarantee
that the money would be spent. The bill includes a trigger should a future
Congress rescind or reassign the funding, but the trigger only blocks the
amnestied illegal aliens from receiving green cards. They would still be
allowed to continue to renew their legal status and work permits every 6 years.
MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION -- Pres. Trump has mentioned
"merit-based immigration" quite a few times, and he's endorsed Sen.
Tom Cotton's RAISE Act that would transform the existing legal immigration
system into a merit-based system, so the Ryan Amnesty would create a special
merit-based system. But only amnestied illegal aliens and adult children of
long-time guest-workers would be eligible for the merit-based green cards
(estimated to be 75,000). Once they receive green cards, the merit-based system
goes away. Beginning in 2025, the government would issue 78,400 green cards
each year through the merit-based system until everyone eligible has received a
green card.
The
Ryan Amnesty has some decent enforcement provisions, but the glaring omission
is E-Verify. Mandatory E-Verify is essential in any amnesty compromise if the
goal is to shut off future illegal immigration. By allowing employers to
continue to hire illegal workers, it sets up future amnesties.
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